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    My Kill Adore Him
    My Kill Adore Him
    My Kill Adore Him
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    My Kill Adore Him

    By Paul Martínez Pompa

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    My Kill Adore Him is a collection of poems from Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize-winner Paul Martínez Pompa. With a unique, independent voice, Martínez Pompa interrogates masculinity, race, language, consumerism, and cultural identity in poems that honor los olvidados, the forgotten ones, who range from the usual suspects brutalized by police to factory workers poisoned by their environment, from the victim of a homophobic beating in the boys’ bathroom to the body of Juan Doe at the Cook County Coroner’s Office. Some of the poems rely on somber, at times brutal, imagery to articulate a political stance while others use sarcasm and irony to deconstruct political stances themselves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
    Release dateAug 20, 2009
    ISBN9780268087203
    My Kill Adore Him
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    Paul Martínez Pompa

    Paul Martínez Pompa teaches composition and creative writing at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois. His chapbook Pepper Spray was published in 2006.

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      My Kill Adore Him - Paul Martínez Pompa

      MY KILL ADORE HIM

      THE ANDRÉS MONTOYA POETRY PRIZE

      2004, Pity the Drowned Horses, Sheryl Luna

      Final Judge: Robert Vasquez

      2006, The Outer Bands, Gabriel Gomez

      Final Judge: Valerie Martínez

      2008, My Kill Adore Him, Paul Martínez Pompa

      Final Judge: Martín Espada

      The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, named after the late California native

      and author of the award-winning book, The Iceworker Sings,

      supports the publication of a first book by a Latino or Latina poet.

      Awarded every other year, the prize is administered by Letras Latinas—

      the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies

      at the University of Notre Dame

      MY KILL ADORE HIM

      PAUL MARTÍNEZ POMPA

      University of Notre Dame Press

      Notre Dame, Indiana

      Copyright © 2009 by Paul Martínez Pompa

      Published by the University of Notre Dame Press

      Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

      www.undpress.nd.edu

      All Rights Reserved

      Reprinted in 2012

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Martínez Pompa, Paul.

      My kill adore him / Paul Martínez Pompa.

      p. cm. — (Andrés Montoya poetry prize)

      ISBN-13: 978-0-268-03518-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0-268-03518-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      1. Political poetry, American. I. Title.

      PS3613.A7869M9 2009

      813'.6—dc22

      2009022899

      ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

      ISBN 9780268087203

      This e-Book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor. Readers who notice any formatting, textual, or readability issues are encouraged to contact the publisher at ebooks@nd.edu.

      for Mom & Dad

      and

      for my sisters

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction to the Poems

      Martín Espada

      I. A LESSON IN MASCULINITY

      Film Strip

      The Performer

      Pulling Tongue

      The Physics of Crime

      Edwin Sucks Dick

      Officer Friendly

      The Peanut Butter & Jelly Narratives

      Flirting

      A Lesson

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